Nathaniel Wood vs. Andre Fili

UFC 11-3-0 vs. 13-13-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-3-0
UFC record
13-13-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
33
AgeΔ 3 yrs
36
5'6"
HeightΔ 5"
5'11"
69"
ReachΔ 5"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.6
Layoff (months)Δ 3 mo
1.6
WWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Andre Fili hunts takedowns — 2.24 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Nathaniel Wood outworks the Featherweight division — 5.64 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.54 norm.
Nathaniel Wood carries real power — 0.40 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Nathaniel Wood

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 123
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 50
Tier 3 — regional circuit 63

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.34 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Andre Fili

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1313
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 40 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10695.64/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
11213.89/min · norm 3.54
8064.25/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
13134.55/min · norm 3.47
51.1%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
37.8%norm 45.0%
54.5%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
49.5%norm 54.85%
50.40/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
60.31/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Nathaniel Wood

Distance 90.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.7% (norm 6.5%)

Andre Fili

Distance 91.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.6% (norm 6.5%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Nathaniel Wood

Head 69.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 22.2% (norm 7.8%)

Andre Fili

Head 85.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Wood L/AAccFeatherweight med Fili L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 929 / 1892 49.1% 40.9% 980 / 2722 36.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 58 / 80 72.5% 70.8% 62 / 105 59.0% 70.8%
On the ground 82 / 119 68.9% 69.2% 79 / 135 58.5% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 589 / 1443 40.8% 37.2% 819 / 2538 32.3% 37.2%
To the body 112 / 184 60.9% 68.2% 169 / 255 66.3% 68.2%
To the legs 368 / 464 79.3% 80.7% 133 / 169 78.7% 80.7%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Wood L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Fili L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 666 / 1593 41.8% 39.2% 1116 / 2292 48.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 84 / 104 80.8% 70.3% 79 / 124 63.7% 70.3%
On the ground 56 / 74 75.7% 69.4% 118 / 186 63.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 507 / 1379 36.8% 35.9% 703 / 1825 38.5% 35.9%
To the body 177 / 245 72.2% 67.9% 259 / 390 66.4% 67.9%
To the legs 122 / 147 83.0% 81.5% 351 / 387 90.7% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1748.6% acc · 1.35/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
4346.2% acc · 2.24/15 · norm 1.19
3373.3% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
5972.0% def · norm 61.5%
28:1314.9% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
43:2315.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
26:482:07 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
44:222:18 per 15 · norm 3:12
60.47/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
40.21/15 · norm 0.46

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Fili has more cage time on record.